Reposted by Caius WorthenHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h🤷🏿♂️news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 171404511
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Highly recommend, it stuck in my head way more than I expected it to 020
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think Eddington counts, even though it toes the line between drama and black comedy 121
Reposted by Caius WorthenAlfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 26/09/2026Live here: library.pardallgames.comlibrary.pardallgames.comPardall Games: Explore EVERY SINGLE ASSET from PS1 and N64 games2,757 models, textures, animations, sprites from PS1 and N64 games. Explore them in 3D in the browser. 13611232
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Aunt Fritizi was a pretty early adopter of the television so I think she could probably afford a clock... 250
Reposted by Caius Worthen𝙰𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚂𝚈𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂 𓁣 @bzvowell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026𝙰𝙲𝚄𝚃𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝚂𝚈𝙲𝙷𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂 2451206
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Your local community college might have a print shop, I think it varies how public facing they are though 010
Reposted by Caius WorthenChris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026NEW: I spoke with multiple video game developers and a U.S. employment lawyer to learn more about restrictive side clauses that often prevent employees at major companies from pursuing hobbyist work or personal projects. In an industry renowned for creativity, why are we stifling it?gamedeveloper.comDevelopers discuss the pain and prevalence of side work clausesHow an industry renowned for creativity is actively stifling it. 16513159
Reposted by Caius WorthenRachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Hi. We're in the Age of Diarrhea. I'm a global health expert on helping children survive diarrhea. Here's what to do if you might have picked up cyclospora. 🧵 1. Call your primary care if possible. 2. Take oral rehydration therapy, which isn't just drinking fluids. 1/ 3130121784
Reposted by Caius Worthenkc green @kcg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Greatures, Level One kickstarter is a go cus I want to a-go to bed www.kickstarter.com/projects/kcg...kickstarter.comGreatures, Level OneThe first, actual, and REAL printed collection of the webcomic "Greatures," by cartoonist KC Green. 05218
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Nice! When you get to that point I recommend the Roux method, to get started with it there are only like 10 algorithms to memorize? I'm not very serious about cubing but I'm pretty consistently sub-1 minute with it 110
Reposted by Caius WorthenRichard Meredith @rtm223.me · 12/06/2026"We're shipping so much more code with AI!" "Good, stable code?" "Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly" 7453152200
Reposted by Caius WorthenMøtif (Alex) - 🎂 the 24th @m0tif.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This might be the best video ever 91112744020
Reposted by Caius WorthenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...youtube.comAnthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed ZitronYouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts 914073964
Reposted by Caius WorthenMy Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Alejandro Sirio, 1927. #illustration #1920s #AlejandroSirio #castle 3814188
Reposted by Caius Worthenrowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 22/05/2026also from Kyle: “fluent, confident outputs [are treated] as epistemically authoritative, lowering the threshold for scrutiny" arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/r...arstechnica.com"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research findsExperiments show large majorities uncritically accepting "faulty" AI answers. 14915
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I think it's actually anndreeah but Nora pronounces it ahndreyah 021
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Branson absolutely speedrunning lore in this arc. Did we just learn both of Swan Boy's parents' names in the same strip? 4262
Reposted by Caius WorthenAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 18/05/2026In Kansas, a judge looked at the medical evidence on gender-affirming care and found the evidence simply does not support the state ban on these treatments. Don't believe the propaganda. Youth trans care is not a particularly tricky or nuanced medical question. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgJudge Finds 99.2% of Kansas Children Treated for Gender Dysphoria Became Trans Adults in Fact-Filled Ruling - Assigned MediaLeading Off: A Kansas Judge finds medical evidence does not support the state's trans youth care ban, and Texas Children's Hospital settles with Ken Paxton to create a detransition clinic. Our top hea... 81818658
Reposted by Caius WorthenSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 08/05/2026Fantastic thread diving deep into a single aspect of one of the greatest shows of all time. If you don't like it you're simply wrong. 0417
Reposted by Caius WorthenPsych Rift @ablazeinteractive.com · 08/05/2026Wall transformation VFX & behind-the-scenes. #GameDev #IndieGames #Horror 18642105
Reposted by Caius WorthenDefector @defector.com · 04/05/2026You're not looking through 12,000 new Artemis photos, so here are some of the best: defector.com/youre-not-lo...defector.comYou’re Not Looking Through 12,000 New Artemis Photos, So Here Are Some Of The Best | DefectorI suppose that if I were to complain about how NASA is making available the bulk of the photography captured by Artemis astronauts, NASA would tell me to go to the Moon and get my own pics, if I… 115843
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Dr Strangelove Blade Runner My Neighbor Totoro I Saw the TV Glow John Wick Labyrinth Muppet Treasure Island Redline Mandy Parasite Fury Road Wreck It Ralph The Fifth Element Evil Dead 2 Alien 141
Reposted by Caius WorthenYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on. 308159424729
Reposted by Caius WorthenMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study WarnsA new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications. 4821641177
Reposted by Caius WorthenRachit Dubey @rachitdubey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/ 261534684
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Along these lines it's always amusing to me when a fantasy book uses an idiom or phrase coined by Shakespeare. Easy to hand-wave but in a way the author is accidentally putting a "pop culture" reference in their setting 000
Reposted by Caius WorthenPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman 287218407372
Reposted by Caius WorthenChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭 3732541083
Reposted by Caius WorthenKeegan the Animator @kiwisburnttoast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Junior Executive Model 7277122026
Reposted by Caius Worthen"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I love this joke. You love this joke. We all do. It is hilarious. Buuuuuut...you know we're about to discuss Roman calendars, right? And that this joke isn't quite right? SO! Let's talk about Roman calendars and why the 'number months' (Sept-Dec) do not match their numbers (7-10)! 1/ 6619199
Reposted by Caius WorthenStevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S... 3122405711924
Reposted by Caius WorthenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/02/2026HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d... 7025201031
Reposted by Caius WorthenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”futurism.comIt Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the PhilippinesDuring a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers. 620221356714
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Incredibly funny to make a character that looks like Graves and name a different character Graves in the same patch 000
Reposted by Caius WorthenBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 22/01/2026ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds. Deporting children with cancer. Shooting moms. And now, using a 5 year-old as “bait” to detain his family. It’s far past clear: ICE must be abolished. Congress should not give it any additional funding. And the people responsible for its crimes should face charges. 271655417
Reposted by Caius WorthenBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 15/01/2026For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comStand With Minnesota: Resource HubCauses to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo... 1733622647
Reposted by Caius WorthenPopular Science @popsci.com · 18/12/2025The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...popsci.comFirst-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transitionNinety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare. 142176626707
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Feels like it ought to work if you feed in something that identifies the tree rather than the fragment position 000
Caius Worthen @animawish.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This looks like what Yuri mentioned of it not being tied to the instance, so it's just randomizing every pixel separately 100
Reposted by Caius WorthenThis Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 18/12/2025We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...thisweekinvideogames.comConcept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist. 5150032541
